This is a good-value, semi-participatory, eight-day camping tour that explores the highlights of northern Namibia - Etosha, Damaraland, Skeleton Coast and Swakopmund. In addition two nights are spent in flight.
You sleep in 1.6 metre high dome tents with 5cm mattresses and mainly stay at campsites with proper showers and toilets. You travel in a minibus, unless there are more than eight, in which case it is a Toyota Hino pop- top. Group size is limited to 16 and the minimum age is 12. There is a camp assistant who undertakes chores like cooking and washing-up, and you will be required to help erect and dismantle your own tent.
These tours are great fun, very sociable and suit those who love being on the move and seeing as much as possible on their holidays. They are suitable for solo travellers, families with older children and couples. We get great feedback.
Itinerary
On this trip you will visit:
- Damaraland
- Etosha
- Kaokoland & Caprivi
- Windhoek & Central Namibia
Day 1
Wednesday
Depart from London on overnight flight to
Johannesburg.
Day 2
Thursday
On arrival, check in for onward flight to
Windhoek. Transfer to guest house for overnight stay, breakfast included.
Day 3
Friday
Early morning departure travelling north, stopping at small towns along the way including Okahandja, to visit Namibia’s largest local co-operative wood carving market.
Arrive Okonjima mid afternoon to set up camp before the afternoon up close and personal activity at the Africat Foundation rehabilitation programme.
Return to camp for dinner under the stars
Day 4
Saturday
Today we depart for the magnificent
Etosha National Park to camp in the Namutoni region on the Eastern side. Arriving by lunch time to set up camp and then head out on first game drive
Day 5
Sunday
A full day's game driving in the park, heading to Halali camp, situated in the middle of the park, for a rest and a leisurely lunch. Opportunity in the evening to see game at a floodlit waterhole, situated on the boundary of the camp and easily reachable within a minute or two on foot.
Day 6
Monday
Travel south with a relatively short drive to Kavita Lion Lodge and Africat North, Communal Carnivore Conservation Project for afternoon visit for this project and education centre.
Day 7
Tuesday
Early start with a visit of a Himba Village, the only traditionally functioning Himba community outside the far north Kaokoland region of Namibia. Continue on into one of the most beautiful desert regions in Namibia,
Damaraland. Afternoon visit of the ancient Bushman rock engravings at
Twyfelfontein with local guide.
Day 8
Wednesday
We head deeper into the desert and pass Namibia’s highest mountain, The Brandberg. We make a stop in the small old mining town of Uis, one of the best places to buy excellent value semi-precious stones. Heading west to the Atlantic Ocean and the
Skeleton Coast, reaching the ocean at Henties Bay, with a stop to visit the seal colony at Cape Cross. Night spent in
Swakopmund, local group dinner for own account
Day 9
Thursday
Morning at leisure in
Swakopmund. It has many superb shops, a good stretch of beach (although the Atlantic here is quite cold) and an open-air curio market or there are various optional activities adventure activities that can be arranged. Depart after lunch to Windhoek. Suggest you overnight in Windhoek at take the Southern exploration trip which starts the Friday.
Check in for return flight to
Johannesburg, to connect for return overnight flight to London.
Day 10
Friday
Arrive London early morning
Accommodation
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Etosha, Namibia
Namutoni is the easternmost of the rest camps in Etosha, and is perhaps the most upmarket. It is built around an old German fort overlooking the King Nehale waterhole, and from its raised walkway there are excellent views across...
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